This episode of Deutsche Welle: In Focus looks at Germany, where large numbers of young women from the eastern federal states are moving west to find work or to simply earn more money. But who is left behind? The new "heroes of labor": young men doing jobs traditionally dominated by women. This episode tells the stories of a practice nurse, a kindergarten teacher and a personal secretary in eastern Germany, all men, who don't have a problem reversing their usual gender role.
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